ffiififfi'ffi'iéiffi “fie? “ viz, “‘ ‘ a been dogged by questions about russia's potential involvement in the 20 16th russia's potential involvement in the 2016th presidential election? that's right. and again that is why the president should structure the next engagement with president putin so next engagement with president putin so that he enters that engagement, that diplomatic talk, from a position of strength. and that means first and foremost aligning with our allies and different agencies of the us government. after all the president right now is in dispute with his own intelligence agencies with his own intelligence agencies with regard to the degree of russian meddling in the 2016 elections and the risk of further meddling in the 2018 elections. so we need to get oui’ 2018 elections. so we need to get our own act together before we engage on the dramatic stage. very good to talk to you, thank you for your time tonight. the headlines on bbc news... the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said many questions remain about theresa may's vision forfuture links between london and brussels. two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder teachers and classmates at their school in north yorkshire have been

given custodial sentences of ten and twelve years. donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the us later this year to the surprise of many in washington. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30 tonight. and coming up in sportsday we will have the latest from the open at carnoustie, where tommy fleetwood and rory mcilory have managed to put themselves into contention despite periods of heavy rain. the football world cup may be gone but it is the turn of the best hockey players in the world to entertain at their world cup as england women aim for more medal success in london. there is also news from the tour de france, where geraint thomas still leads and who is fastest in practice for the german grand prix. all of that coming up at half past six. but

now, on bbc music is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. you cannot fail to notice that out this week is mamma mia! here we go again. i know you are a huge fan, i can't wait to discuss this with you! also out this week, jodie foster in hotel artemis and a low—budget but brave film the receptionist. here we go again! so, where do you stand on the first mamma mia! here we go again. i really did not think the first one was very good.” again. i really did not think the first one was very good. i watched the first one and i thought, this

isn't very good, this isn't very good, good heavens i am completely going with it! where their tears? yes, there were tears! and so ten yea rs yes, there were tears! and so ten years later, you think, they can't possibly repeat that phenomenon because it really questioned my entire idea of good and bad and whether not there was any role for critics in the world! so here we are, a decade later and we have a hybrid, structurally it is godfather ii! back in 1979, she graduates from oxford and she goes off on the holiday which is the beginning of all the trouble. in the present day her daughter is opening the new lisbie furthest hotel and she is calling around some old friends because history is repeating itself. see what i did?! i can see where it's going! # into his angel eyes... # into his angel eyes... # you take your heart and you must

pay the price... # look into his angel eyes... # look into his angel eyes... # you will think you're in paradise... # and one day you will find out he wears a disguise... # look into those angel eyes. i don't think it is camp enough! 0k, here is what i feel. firstly, julie walters, in terms of physical comedy... on a technical level i think this is slicker than the original. it has slightly smoother camera moves, there are slightly better choreographed dance sequences because it is happening in split time and temporal structures we get these scenes which mirror each other so these scenes which mirror each other so from the point of view of the construction of a film it is really good. we have all the old cast back again and some new cast members

playing the younger incarnations as well. they are a very likeable cast. none of that would matter if the thing didn't have any emotional punch. and about ten minutes in, the sequence punch. and about ten minutes in, the sequence where punch. and about ten minutes in, the sequence where a, punch. and about ten minutes in, the sequence where a, i kissed a teacher, i started having just a little cry. and then when pierce brosnan took a very gentle run... god bless him... he can't sing, can he? are we allowed to say that? you can't sing, you can't dance, but you can't sing, you can't dance, but you can still have the time of your life! so here is a question, what is the greatest abba song ever recorded? dancing queen! no. it is my love, my life. but that is a heartbreaker. and the drama moves towards its. and i promise you when that song happens... i won't spoil the moment... i was in floods of tea rs. the moment... i was in floods of tears. i can imagine. i was the moment... i was in floods of tears. ican imagine. iwas sobbing, iwas...i tears. ican imagine. iwas sobbing, i was... i was having to stop myself from making a noise in the screening because these other people — what on earth is he doing? i laughed, i

smiled, i loved it to pieces! and the thing you always think about a film is, is there any way in which this film could have been better? i suppose having dwayne at the rock johnson in it but other than that... i thought it was absolutely fabulous. i cannot wait to go and see it again. it topped the original... so you're saying that a sequel is better than the original, how often does that happen? and saying that in the case of both the sequel and the original i lost all sense of critical faculty and i felt myself going with it. were i a braver man i would have been dancing in the aisles. and particularly, as things are at the moment, it the film that you really need. and i promise you if you can get through my promise you if you can get through my love, my life without floods of tea rs, my love, my life without floods of tears, then you're dead to be. it is kind of that and mary poppins at the moment. you will love it.|j kind of that and mary poppins at the moment. you will love it. i can tell that i will. i didn't like the first one because i felt there were too

many people in it who couldn't sing and that really annoyed me. there are still some people who can't sing. but it's fine, because when they do the songs that matter, they can sing. someone said to me that we can't talk about this film for the whole programme, which is very disappointing. i actually think we can! we have to move on! hotel to miss, jodie foster runs this hotel ten yea rs miss, jodie foster runs this hotel ten years into the future, los angeles. there are riots and she i’u ns angeles. there are riots and she runs this hotel, hotel artemis, which takes in outlaws and bandits and she patches them up after they have got wounded. the cast includes jodie foster of course and jeff goldblum. i thought it was kind of disposable fun — i am saying that after mamma mia!! ! it has a cartoon feel to it. there is some quite stylishly mounted violent set pieces which are always done in a kind of cartoon way. at the centre of it you do havejodie cartoon way. at the centre of it you do have jodie foster playing

cartoon way. at the centre of it you do havejodie foster playing this character who has darkness in her past which she manages to convey. directed by drew pearce. and there is also a brilliant comic turn by dave batista this mound mounted another guy. but he is a medical orderly and he keeps showing eve ryo ne orderly and he keeps showing everyone his badge to demonstrate that he is a medical orderly! it is kind of ok, it is not great, it is not mamma mia! here we go again, let's be honest, but it is kind of 0k! and a totally different turn for the third film, which i haven't seen but by everything i have read is really emotional in a different way. it is, it is very tough it is a drama written byjenny lu, a taiwanese graduate who can't find work, ends up taking a job in an illegal massage parlour, here is a clip. she is so nice, thank you. you see,

i told you! bye. she is so nice, thank you. you see, itold you! bye. i'll be she is so nice, thank you. you see, i told you! bye. i'll be back! thank you so much, bye—bye. so, you can see from that it is resolutely unglamorous and the writer was inspired to write it after a true story of somebody that she knew who was working somewhere and ended up committing suicide. what i like about this film is that it feels very real, it is very gritty, it is done with a lot of heart and integrity. the way the

film got made was that the script was written and the script won uprise and went to crowd funding and it is very hard to get a film made. tifosi that it took ten years to get double the levelling made. my feeling about this is that it is tough, there is no question about it, it is a tough watch, it it is a bleak it, it is a tough watch, it it is a blea k story it, it is a tough watch, it it is a bleak story although there is hope. there is also a real sense of companionship, you hear these women's voices and you get to know them and i think that comes across well. but i think more importantly it isa well. but i think more importantly it is a feature that makes me want to see more from this writer—director because i think it is done with integrity and hard, it is done with integrity and hard, it isa is done with integrity and hard, it is a very, very small budget film. you will have to seek it out. mamma mia!! will be on every single screen, as well hotel artemis, this one, you will have to seek it out. but it is worth it, it is a bleak film but it does have hope and hard and more importantly it does have integrity. all good qualities. and best out, leave no trace... this is

by so far the best film i have seen this year, i absolutely love it. it is the story of a father and daughter living off the grid in the forest outside portland and they get found by the authorities. it does not put a foot wrong. there is just nothing that this film gets wrong. there is never a moment when the characters stand and explain themselves to each other. there is never a moment when the characters have one of those conversations that you know was written by the script writer to tell you what's going on. it is all to do with the gesture and the emotion. again, you will love it, trust me. i do trust you. the only reason i haven't seen it is because the weather has been so utterly beautiful. that doesn't make you a bad person! i couldn't face sitting in a cinema. air—conditioned cinema! but i am very excited to see it, as soon as we get some rain! and a dvd? yeah, this one is about someone a dvd? yeah, this one is about someone who was a dvd? yeah, this one is about someone who was a very a dvd? yeah, this one is about someone who was a very promising actor, worked with stanley kubrick,

realised that to him he was a genius and wanted to does it take his whole life to working for stanley kubrick in every possible way. it is all about, what does it mean if you decide that somebody else is a great artist and you are basically going to sacrifice everything that you have to facilitate their art? i thought it was a really interesting document. i am thought it was a really interesting document. iam not thought it was a really interesting document. i am not the world's biggest stanley kubrick fan. i thought he was great at times, i could live with eyes wide shut. but i really think this is a portrait of somebody who is in love with the movies and a moviemaker and decides to dedicate himself to making that art happen — and it is very inspiring. fascinating - did he ever see his children? that is what you wonder, it is an extraordinary story. it really is. go and see mamma mia!! and just a reminder before we go, you can find all the film news and reviews on the bbc online. and all our previous programmes are on the iplayer, of course. enjoy your weekend of cinema

going! i have still got angel eyes going! i have still got angel eyes going round and round in my head! have a good week! hello, we have seen some useful rain across different parts of the country, two main weather systems are crossed the uk, one which has been slipping south—eastwards and another one starting to break up now. the detail still really struggling for the computers to get right. over the next few hours we will see the rain turning heavier across the midlands and central and southern england and whilst the rain tends to ease away from kent and sussex. a few showers further north for scotland and northern ireland. but these are becoming less widespread and frequent. a cloudy night for many of us and temperatures only slowly coming down. it's going to be another warm one in the capital. we start of the

weekend like this — still some showers around. some of them could be quite heavier across southern areas. bringing a little bit of rain back to the hebrides and the highlands as well just back to the hebrides and the highlands as welljust often there will be quite a lot of cloud around but there will be some sunny spells, the best of them across england and wales. boosting temperatures up to 27 in london. the irish border still a block on the road to brexit, as the eu and the uk call on each other to change position. theresa may and michel barnier put the ball in each other‘s court to try to reach a deal. it is now for the eu to respond, not simply to fall back on to previous positions which have already proven unworkable. even if you want to reach a deal, it is also our responsibility to be prepared for all scenarios, including no deal. with both sides preparing for the worst case secnario of no deal, what hope of a breakthrough? also tonight: the surviving victim of the novichok poisoning in amesbury, charlie rowley, leaves hospital.

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